Hulu Finally Charging Subscription Fee.

[Schlup]

Hulu Finally Charging Subscription Fee.

Hulu, the popular online site for watching television shows, plans to begin testing a subscription service as soon as May 24, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

Under the proposal, Hulu would continue to provide for free the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox's "Glee," "ABC's "Lost" or NBC's "Saturday Night Live." But viewers who want to see additional episodes would pay $9.95 a month to access a more comprehensive selection, called Hulu Plus, these people said.

Hulu, which ranks second only to Google's YouTube in terms of monthly video streams in the U.S., said it turned an operating profit in its two most recent quarters. The 2-year-old service, which is owned by media giants News Corp., NBC Universal and the Walt Disney Co., generated more than $100 million in revenue from advertising.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/04/hulu-pushes-forward-with-995-subscription-service.html

[Monkey_Grill]

Hulu is great, but I'm not paying $9.95 for Plus.

[Schlup]

Hulu is great, but I'm not paying $9.95 for Plus.

So you're just gonna use the regular Hulu or are you boycotting since they are going to begin charging?

[Sir-diealot]

I use them quite a bit through the summer months when I have my dish turned off to save money. So long as I can still go to fox/24.com to watch my favorite show I guess I can live with it. I use other sites as well, though mostly for sporting events. On a side note Hulu has been kind of sucking in it's selection lately anyway.

[Monkey_Grill]

No, I am not boycotting. I love Hulu, I'm just not getting the Plus membership.

[Katarn79]

I wonder how this will work out for them? I wont be paying $10 a month for old TV shows and crappy movies.

[Sir-diealot]

Just out of interest will they be giving the paying costumers better picture and sound quality?

[Schlup]

Just out of interest will they be giving the paying costumers better picture and sound quality?

Nope, you'll just have access to older shows.

I wonder how this will work out for them? I wont be paying $10 a month for old TV shows and crappy movies.

Agreed, me neither!